Location
London, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
Amazon is seeking an Indirect Tax Senior Manager to join the EMEA Digital and Devices Tax team in London, supporting the launch and growth of Amazon Leo's consumer business across Europe. Amazon Leo is Amazon's low earth orbit satellite network, with a mission to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities beyond the reach of existing networks. As Leo launches its consumer offering across EMEA, the successful candidate will lead the indirect tax position for the B2C business, working closely with Business, Engineering, Finance, Legal and external advisors to shape the tax treatment of Leo's new consumer service from the outset.

The role offers exposure to a broad range of jurisdictions and technical topics, including telecommunications services, bundled offerings of connectivity and hardware, design of consumer billing systems, place of supply for cross-border flows, and the interaction between indirect tax, direct tax, transfer pricing and accounting. There will also be scope for engagement with local tax authorities through enquiries and audits as they arise.

Key responsibilities include leading the indirect tax position for the Leo consumer launch across EMEA from strategy through go-live and into steady-state operation; advising on new features and product changes including bundling of connectivity with hardware and other services; partnering with business teams early in the product development cycle to ensure tax considerations are reflected in business requirements; working with Engineering to translate tax requirements into system logic and driving the testing approach to ensure a compliant launch; advising on customer-facing outputs such as invoicing, billing system design, pricing displays and communications; managing external advisors by setting scope, evaluating outputs and reaching sound positions; handling engagement with tax authorities across EMEA including audits and enquiries; and providing technical direction to junior colleagues.

The role is primarily advisory, working closely with compliance colleagues on registrations, returns, audits and process improvements.

A typical day involves advisory work with Product and Engineering on features under development, ongoing support for the live business including queries and documentation, and ad-hoc work such as engagement with tax authorities, legislative reviews, and support for wider planning across the digital services and consumer devices portfolio.

The team supports Amazon's digital services and consumer devices businesses across EMEA, advising a portfolio covering streaming, digital content, connected devices and satellite broadband. The focus is on providing clear, commercial and robust tax positions that allow the business to move forward with confidence and engaging early in the product development cycle to ensure tax outcomes are delivered at launch.

Experience
- Professional tax, accounting or legal qualification (e.g., Chartered Accountant (CA), Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA), Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) or similar)
- Strong knowledge of VAT in EU/UK
- Solid understanding of tax compliance principles, regulations, and reporting requirements across jurisdictions
- Experience in taxation within a corporate environment, public accounting firm or major law firm
- Experience managing employees and leading international tax teams through hiring and development
- Experience liaising with tax authorities including audits and information requests
- Ability to analyze and review statutes, regulations, and case law to make appropriate recommendations
- Experience in tax advisory roles (excluding compliance)
- Experience with an EMEA focus in indirect, direct, corporate tax advisory, and transfer pricing roles
- Experience in international indirect tax planning and practical knowledge of tax laws in multiple countries
- Advisory experience in large accounting/consultancy practices, law firms, tax authorities or in-house business roles
- Experience with compliance-focused tax roles in multinational or professional organizations
- Exposure to tax authorities with multinational taxpayers and cross-border transactions

About you
- Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and partner well with people at all levels within an organization
- Skilled in coaching and developing junior staff
- Strong communication skills to provide clear, commercial, and robust tax positions
- Proactive and able to engage early in product development cycles to influence outcomes

Qualifications
- Professional tax, accounting or legal qualification as listed above
- Experience with accounting concepts and tax regulations, laws and standards
- Experience with tax modeling using Excel or similar tools is preferred